"I never heard of an old man..." - Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero
I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money. Old people remember what interests them: the dates fixed for their lawsuits, and the names of their debtors and creditors.
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More on Memory
“The imagination never forgets; it is a re-membering. It is not foundationless, but most reasonable, and it alone uses all the knowledge of the intellect.”
“Nothing can match the treasure of common memories.”
“It is easy to love people in memory; the hard thing is to love them when they are there in front of you.”
More on Old Age
“That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly old men, not to age itself.”
“A nap, my friend, is a brief period of sleep which overtakes superannuated persons when they endeavor to entertain unwelcome visitors or to listen to scientific lectures.”
“There is no one so old as to not think they may live a day longer.”